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27th June 2002, 19:35
Letter to U.S. workers From your Brothers and Sisters in the Third World
Brothers and Sisters:
In the interest of solidarity and humanity we, workers in the so
called "underdeveloped" countries, call upon our brothers and sisters
in the United States of America to heed President Bush's words and,
"elect new leaders--leaders not compromised by terror."
Corporate dictated U.S. foreign policy has meant a hellish existence
for us here in the underdeveloped world. The same forces that have
driven your standard of living steadily downward, that slaughtered
women and children in Waco Texas, that have filled your prisons with
young people, that refuses to provide medical care for millions of
people in the richest country on earth, have imposed an ever more
harsh reality on us, either directly or more often through their
stooges or the IMF/World bank which are nothing but arms of the U.S.
Treasury Department.
But we are clear on one thing: We do not blame U.S. workers for the
actions of the U.S. government. We do not blame U.S. workers for
some 5 million who perished in the Indo-Chinese peninsula when the
U.S. supported and armed a corrupt regime that couldn't win an
election in its own country. We grieve for the Vietnamese children
still born today with deformities due to the chemical warfare waged
on us by the U.S. government. We grieve for the U.S. workers, our
brothers and sisters, who perished and were lied to by the their own
government.
We do not blame U.S. workers for the assassination of Patrice Lumumba
by Belgian and U.S. Imperialism and the installing of the U.S.
puppet, Mobutu who went on to murder some 2 million people.
We do not blame U.S. workers for the assassination of General Rene
Schneider at the behest of U.S. representative Henry Kissinger. Or
for the subsequent U.S. government orchestrated murder of our elected
President Salvadore Allende and the installation by that government
of the dictator Pinochet who destroyed the unions, democratic rights
and murdered and tortured thousands of our youth.
We do not blame U.S. workers because the U.S. government financed
and armed Saddam Hussein while he was dropping gas on those of us
that opposed his dictatorial regime. Nor because the U.S. government
armed both Iraq and Iran during a horrible war that cost some half
million middle eastern lives. A war that was encouraged by the U.S.
state department. We do not blame U.S. workers for some 5000 Iraqi
deaths a month caused by the sanctions against Iraq imposed after
Saddam Hussein and his U.S. friends (among them the Bush's) fell out.
We do not blame U.S. workers for their government's overthrow of the
democratic regime of Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 at the behest of the
oil conglomerates and the installation of the murderous Shah that led
to the present Islamic regime.
U.S. workers are not responsible for the corporate dictated policies
of your government that have supported murderous dictators and
suppressed democratic rights from Panama to the Philippines.
We do not blame U.S. workers for the terrorism and slaughter
inflicted on your brothers and sisters in the former colonial world
by the U.S. government and its agents. But the global crisis is at a
critical juncture. We can't get rid of our dictators when they're
supported and armed by yours. Without your help, without working
class unity on a global scale, those desperate victims of U.S.
foreign policy in our world will see only the extremists and fanatics
as offering a way out. We need your help or we'll all go down
together.
No longer can working people in the United States of America
passively ignore the actions of the United States government abroad
or at home for that matter. We appeal to our U.S. brothers and
sisters to bring their power and strength to the world stage. We
have a future to win.
An Injury To One Is An Injury To All
Brothers and Sisters:
In the interest of solidarity and humanity we, workers in the so
called "underdeveloped" countries, call upon our brothers and sisters
in the United States of America to heed President Bush's words and,
"elect new leaders--leaders not compromised by terror."
Corporate dictated U.S. foreign policy has meant a hellish existence
for us here in the underdeveloped world. The same forces that have
driven your standard of living steadily downward, that slaughtered
women and children in Waco Texas, that have filled your prisons with
young people, that refuses to provide medical care for millions of
people in the richest country on earth, have imposed an ever more
harsh reality on us, either directly or more often through their
stooges or the IMF/World bank which are nothing but arms of the U.S.
Treasury Department.
But we are clear on one thing: We do not blame U.S. workers for the
actions of the U.S. government. We do not blame U.S. workers for
some 5 million who perished in the Indo-Chinese peninsula when the
U.S. supported and armed a corrupt regime that couldn't win an
election in its own country. We grieve for the Vietnamese children
still born today with deformities due to the chemical warfare waged
on us by the U.S. government. We grieve for the U.S. workers, our
brothers and sisters, who perished and were lied to by the their own
government.
We do not blame U.S. workers for the assassination of Patrice Lumumba
by Belgian and U.S. Imperialism and the installing of the U.S.
puppet, Mobutu who went on to murder some 2 million people.
We do not blame U.S. workers for the assassination of General Rene
Schneider at the behest of U.S. representative Henry Kissinger. Or
for the subsequent U.S. government orchestrated murder of our elected
President Salvadore Allende and the installation by that government
of the dictator Pinochet who destroyed the unions, democratic rights
and murdered and tortured thousands of our youth.
We do not blame U.S. workers because the U.S. government financed
and armed Saddam Hussein while he was dropping gas on those of us
that opposed his dictatorial regime. Nor because the U.S. government
armed both Iraq and Iran during a horrible war that cost some half
million middle eastern lives. A war that was encouraged by the U.S.
state department. We do not blame U.S. workers for some 5000 Iraqi
deaths a month caused by the sanctions against Iraq imposed after
Saddam Hussein and his U.S. friends (among them the Bush's) fell out.
We do not blame U.S. workers for their government's overthrow of the
democratic regime of Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 at the behest of the
oil conglomerates and the installation of the murderous Shah that led
to the present Islamic regime.
U.S. workers are not responsible for the corporate dictated policies
of your government that have supported murderous dictators and
suppressed democratic rights from Panama to the Philippines.
We do not blame U.S. workers for the terrorism and slaughter
inflicted on your brothers and sisters in the former colonial world
by the U.S. government and its agents. But the global crisis is at a
critical juncture. We can't get rid of our dictators when they're
supported and armed by yours. Without your help, without working
class unity on a global scale, those desperate victims of U.S.
foreign policy in our world will see only the extremists and fanatics
as offering a way out. We need your help or we'll all go down
together.
No longer can working people in the United States of America
passively ignore the actions of the United States government abroad
or at home for that matter. We appeal to our U.S. brothers and
sisters to bring their power and strength to the world stage. We
have a future to win.
An Injury To One Is An Injury To All